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Correction: Poisonings by substances of abuse at the Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic 2014–18
- Jenny Victoria Tran,
- Mette Brekke,
- Odd Martin Vallersnes
17.09.2024:
Tidsskr Nor Legeforen 2021; 141. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0751 In this original article, first published in April 2021, the following error occurred: Incidence was estimated based on the total population of Oslo and not the number of inhabitants ≥ 12 years, as stated in the article. This means that...
The numbers speak
- Odd Martin Vallersnes
19.06.2024:
Many of the figures informing our experience in the field of poisoning are the result of time-consuming manual counting. What is happening on the poisoning front? What substances are leading to visits to emergency departments and A&E clinics right now? These questions are often asked, but we are not...
Poisonings by substances of abuse at the Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic 2014–18
- Jenny Victoria Tran,
- Mette Brekke,
- Odd Martin Vallersnes
29.04.2021:
Poisoning by a substance of abuse is dangerous in itself as well as a marker for risky substance use behaviour. Cohort studies in Oslo found that mortality was 5–10 times higher than expected 5–20 years after a poisoning by a substance of abuse, and up to 30 times higher after an opioid poisoning (1...
Acute poisoning from substance abuse of benzodiazepines
- Jon Andreas Andersson,
- Mette Brekke,
- Odd Martin Vallersnes
29.06.2020:
The use of benzodiazepines has increased sharply since they were first synthesised in the 1950s, and they have gradually replaced barbiturates and other hypnotic and anti-anxiety drugs (1). In 2008, 6 % of the Norwegian population was prescribed at least one benzodiazepine (2). Since the 1990s, z...
Acute poisoning with gamma-hydroxybutyrate
- Aron C. Aronsen,
- Mette Brekke,
- Odd Martin Vallersnes
29.06.2020:
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and the closely related gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butanediol (BD) are relatively new intoxicants in Norway. They first appeared in the 1980s (1). In 2014, 1.7 % in the age group 16–30 years reported that they had used GHB one or more times (2). At the main A&E...
Just drunkenness
- Odd Martin Vallersnes
23.09.2019:
Waking up in the A&E clinic can be an eye-opener. It’s just drunkenness. We have often tended to think this when teenagers and young adults are brought to the A&E clinic in a state of extreme intoxication, completely legless and unable to account for themselves. We have taken care of them until they...
The poisonings chart
- Odd Martin Vallersnes
26.06.2017:
The evidence base on acute poisonings is assembled piece by piece. This issue of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association brings an important contribution to our knowledge on poisonings in Norway – in a study based on reimbursement claims to the health economics administration, Sandvik and...
A young woman who drank Strep test reagents
- Vivian M. Dalaker,
- Odd Martin Vallersnes,
- Linn Elisabeth Fosshaug,
- Kirsti S. Andersson,
- Knut Erik Hovda
01.12.2015:
A woman in her 20s was brought to the casualty clinic due to symptoms of psychosis, and it was deemed necessary to section her. While she was there, she drank two small bottles of reagents that she found in a Strep test kit. She then became somnolent and her oxygen saturation decreased. Guidance...